Competitor Group, Inc. Privacy Policy

Your privacy and security are important to Competitor Group, Inc. (“Competitor Group”). This privacy statement demonstrates our firm commitment to privacy. This privacy statement discloses the information we gather and how we use it. Any questions concerning this statement should be directed to customerservice@competitorgroup.com.

Capture and Use of Information

Our websites automatically recognize the consumer’s IP address, aggregate information on what pages consumers access or visit, user-specific information on what pages consumers access or visit and information volunteered by the consumer, such as survey information and/or site registrations.

The information we collect is used to improve the content of our Web page, used to customize the content and/or layout of our page for each individual visitor, used to notify consumers about updates to our Web site and used by us to contact consumers for marketing purposes. We may also use your IP address to administer our web sites, and to help diagnose problems with our servers.

Our websites contain links to other web sites. Competitor Group is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. This site also uses Tynt (http://tynt.com) link-building service, which is cookie-free and captures no personal data.

If you register for a Competitor Group event, you will be asked to register for a free ID and password and to provide information on event registration forms. Unique identifiers, such as IDs and passwords, are collected to verify your identity and for use as account numbers in our record system. Your contact information may also be used to contact you when necessary for customer service reasons. Financial information that is collected is used only to bill you for products and services that you specifically request. Your contact information may also be used to provide you with important race updates.

Active.com is our partner in the registration process for Competitor Group events. Active.com holds the same high standard in insuring the integrity of our users’ security and privacy. Please refer to The Active Network’s Privacy Statement for details.

With respect to cookies: We use cookies to store visitors preferences, record session information, such as items that consumers add to their shopping cart, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, alert visitors to new areas that we think might be of interest to them when they return to our site, record past activity at a site in order to provide better service when visitors return to our site , ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Web page content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends.

Upon request we provide site visitors with access to contact information (e.g., name, address, phone number) that we maintain about them. Consumers can access this information by writing to us at the address below. Upon request we offer visitors the ability to have inaccuracies corrected in contact information.

From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will post the policy changes to our website to notify you of these changes and we will use for these new purposes only data collected from the time of the policy change forward. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our Web site periodically.

If you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact us at the address below or phone number, The DMA’s Committee on Ethical Business Practices at mgoldberger@the-dma.org, state or local chapters of the Better Business Bureau, state or local consumer protection office.

Choice/Opt-Out

Our registration forms provide the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from Competitor Group at the point where we request contact information about our new customers.

If you do not want to receive e-mail from us in the future, please let us know by writing to us at the address below.

If you supply us with your postal address on-line you may receive periodic mailings from us with information on new products and services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please let us know by writing to us at the address below. Please provide us with your exact name and address. We will be sure your name is removed from the list we share with other organizations.

Security

Competitor Group has established and maintains reasonable security procedures to protect the confidentiality, security and integrity of your personally identifiable information. We use a variety of industry-standard security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. For example, credit card numbers are encrypted in a secure database, which is located behind a firewall. Personal information collected is stored in a secure operating environment that is not available to the public. All credit card and registration information supplied by users is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.

“Perfect security,” however, does not exist on the Internet. Although your privacy is very important to us, due to the existing legal regulatory and security environment, we cannot fully ensure that your private communications and other personally identifiable information will not be disclosed to third parties. For example, Competitor Group will disclose personal information about an individual user if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to comply with an applicable law or valid legal process.